The Treasury will control the 'donations' that families make for the schooling of their children in concerted schools

The Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, has confirmed that The Tax Agency will study the 'donations' that families have been making to the arranged schools, to check whether or not it is a consideration for the children's schooling services.

That means, as we explained in November that it is interpreted that the payments that families make in concerted schools cannot be considered as donations and therefore are not deductible in the income statement.

They are not 'donations'

The law prohibits these centers, which receive public funding for the schooling of students, require parents a monthly contribution. And it is a common practice that they do so by considering donations.

The Tax Agency has already warned that these fees are not real donations, but are payments made as consideration for the schooling of children and that are paid from September to June in the same amount.

In Babies and more The fees of the arranged schools are not deductible and families may have to return the tax deductible

Treasury asks for the refund of the tax deduction

Now the minister has confirmed that the Tax Agency will act claiming that parents return the deductible since 2015:

"If it is considered that there has been no accommodation to what was intended, families will be asked to complement, which is what is done in these cases."

There is talk of a tax regulation that could reach up to 75% for the first 150 euros, and 30% more for recurring donations from that amount. This regulation also implies that the concerted school is obliged to pay 25% of that income and should do so if it is not up to date.

This would imply a tax increase of 360 euros on average to be paid in the income statement, if we take as reference an annual payment of approximately 1,000 euros.

In Babies and more The fees of schools arranged in the Government's focus

Anyway, the Minister of Finance, María Jesús Montero, explained this morning that “There has been no change of criteria” and that the Tax Agency has been reviewing the data for years and requires a complementary declaration to return that deduction to the public coffers. Of course: "It's not about a generality but about specific actions."

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